Happy birthday to
benicek.
Your job always has its risks and life-and-death situations, but in this pandemic age we live in, the risks and the stakes are so much higher. So wishing you good health seems kind of inadequate, but I wish it nonetheless. And all the best to your family. May there be more light in the darkness.
And... When I made it through chemo, I made a promise that, if Cook County Hospital nurses were ever to strike, I would be there with them. And it seems to me, from this side of the Atlantic, that everybody at NHS has gone above and beyond the call of duty, in spite of significant disinvestment and shortages of resources. So when you and your colleagues do push for better conditions and better pay, I obviously can't be there with you, but I will support you in spirit. For whatever that's worth.
In lieu of a birthday card... I thought long and hard about what to use, and decided to go for something hopeful